It is called Kasugwe Colambu.

Earthquakes are well known, and to the Manyuema they seem to come from the east to west; pots rattle and fowls cackle on these occasions.
_2nd October, 1869._--A rhinoceros was shot, and party sent off to the River Luamo to buy ivory.
_5th October, 1869._--An elephant was killed, and the entire population went off to get meat, which was given freely at first, but after it was known how eagerly the Manyuema sought it, six or eight goats were demanded for a carcase and given.
_9th October, 1869._--The rite of circumcision is general among all the Manyuema; it is performed on the young.

If a headman's son is to be operated on, it is tried on a slave first; certain times of the year are unpropitious, as during a drought for instance; but having by this experiment ascertained the proper time, they go into the forest, beat drums, and feast as elsewhere: contrary to all African custom they are not ashamed to speak about the rite, even before women.
Two very fine young men came to visit me to-day.

After putting several preparatory inquiries as to where our country lay, &c., they asked whether people died with us, and where they went to after death.

"Who kills them ?" "Have you no charm (Buanga) against death ?" It is not necessary to answer such questions save in a land never visited by strangers.